Who is Moira Smith?

Who is Moira Smith?

Moira Smith has been a registered Democrat in Alaska for the past 23 years. She worked for a Democratic state legislator in Alaska and was also the national committeewoman for the Young Democrats of Alaska. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of California at Berkeley Law School.

Her second husband, Jake Metcalfe, is now a discredited high-profile Democratic politician in Alaska. He stepped down as chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party to run for Congress in a contested Democratic primary. He was forced to withdraw from that primary campaign when it was revealed his campaign was responsible for creating fake web sites that attacked one of his Democratic rivals in the race.

Smith worked in the Alaska State Legislature as an aide to state representative Woodie Salmon (D-Beaver). She also worked as a law clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court during the 2007-08 term. She is now a vice president and general counsel at Enstar, an energy company based in Anchorage, Alaska.

Throughout her career Smith has been publicly critical of Republicans on many occasions, including accusing them of a culture of corruption.

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